Although mathematical models go over my head, it's good to see Sajhaites making sense of them and explaining things for us. I will be checking for more discussions. *** *** *** *** *** Meanwhile, I have been quietly enjoying the publicity ND Google group is getting from Ashu's critical remarks about it in this and other threads. As they say, no publicity is a bad publicity. Because, at the end of the day, people make their own opinion. Now, how's a publicity good for a group which loves, ahem, privacy ? Well, one, to attract more (of course like minded) people to it and, two, for members like me who want at least a partial transparency in it, to make a stronger case. So, I would thank Ashu for his contribution even when he is making assumptions and arguing about them. *** *** *** *** *** However, I am a bit disappointed to see that Ashu did not catch the drift of the original story (of Bhasmashur and boon) Gokul-jee brought so befitting to the discussion on how democratic a democracy can/should be. Can a system allow a component that kills the system ? Should a democracy include a voice for a dictatorship as a dissenting voice ? How can a voice for a dictatorship be a dissenting voice ? How can the supporters of Feb 1 claim a room in the house built to oppose it ? Or a supporter of the supporter of Feb 1, or a supporter of the supporters of the supporters of Feb 1 and so on, to be more inclusive. I think these were the questions. *** *** *** *** *** Zalim wrote: >Okay getting back to the original question...is democracy always the right solution? No, it is not always the RIGHT solution. However, it is always the BEST solution. Nepe